McKenney-Vento

If you become homeless, the McKenney-Vento Act provides special services for your child to address the special needs he or she may have while displaced. The McKenney-Vento Act defines "homeless children and youth" as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This includes those who are sharing housing with others (doubled up with a friend or relative), living in motels or camp grounds, or living in emergency shelters, as well as those having no address because they are living in a car, public space or abandoned building.